The deputy chief of Sanaa International Airport, Abdullah Al-Mutawakkel, has survived a bid on his life with a bomb blast, security sources said on Sunday.
The sources said an explosive charge, planted in Al-Mutawakkel's car, blew up in front of his house in Al-Mazraa district last night.
Al-Mutawakkel was not in the car when the explosion happened, but his son, who was driving it, suffered serious injuries in the incident. The vehicle was engulfed in flames due to the explosion.